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The Four Trainings of Liaofan
Literature了凡四训
(ming Dynasty) Yuan Liaofan
"Liaofan's Four Instructions" is a family motto left to his descendants by Yuan Liaofan, a thinker in the Ming Dynasty. It is based on a lifetime of knowledge, experience and insights, and earnestly teaches the principle of "my fate is determined by me and not by God", and expounds the way for individuals to cultivate themselves, discipline themselves, and settle down. Yuan Liaofan used his lifelong learning and integrated the thoughts of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism to form a superb philosophy of life. He used his own experience from believing in fate to accumulating virtue to change fate to encourage people to work hard. It can be regarded as a timeless lifestyle manual.
"Liaofan's Four Instructions" is a family motto left to his descendants by Yuan Liaofan, a thinker in the Ming Dynasty. It is based on a lifetime of knowledge, experience and insights, and earnestly teaches the principle of "my fate is determined by me and not by God", and expounds the way for individuals to cultivate themselves, discipline themselves, and settle down. Yuan Liaofan used his lifelong learning and integrated the thoughts of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism to form a superb philosophy of life. He used his own experience from believing in fate to accumulating virtue to change fate to encourage people to work hard. It can be regarded as a timeless lifestyle manual.